Parts of a Volcano - 100
Melted rock that is underground inside a volcano
Parts of a Volcano - 100
What is magma?
100
Life of a Volcano - 100
How many phases does a volcano have?
Life of a Volcano - 100
Three
100
Location, Location, Location - 100
A region where many volcanoes are found - oceanic crust is subducting under continental crust.
Location, Location, Location - 100
What is the Ring of Fire?
100
All About Magma - 100
What are three conditions that change how fast rock melts?
All About Magma - 100
Temperature, Pressure, and Water
100
Types of Volcanoes - 100
A flat and wide volcano that has low-silica magma
Types of Volcanoes - 100
What is a shield volcano?
200
Parts of a Volcano - 200
Magma that leaves the volcano and reaches the Earth's surface
Parts of a Volcano - 200
What is lava?
200
Life of a Volcano - 200
A quiet sleeping volcano, one that is not active now, but may become active in the future.
Life of a Volcano - 200
What is a dormant volcano?
200
Location, Location, Location - 200
Mid ocean ridges form at this type of plate boundary where plates are pulling away from each other
Location, Location, Location - 200
What is a divergent plate boundary?
200
All About Magma - 200
Rock that contains water melts at a HIGHER / LOWER (choose one) temperature
All About Magma - 200
What is lower?
200
Types of Volcanoes - 200
A volcano with low levels of silica and high levels of dissolved gas that can create a fire fountain
Types of Volcanoes - 200
What is a cinder cone?
300
Parts of a Volcano - 300
The opening of a volcano where magma leaves the volcano and enters the Earth's surface
Parts of a Volcano - 300
What is a vent?
300
Life of a Volcano - 300
A volcano that is erupting, has erupted recently, or is expected to erupt again in the near future.
Life of a Volcano - 300
What is an active volcano?
300
Location, Location, Location - 300
Heated rock from the mantle that rises to the lithosphere and creates a volcanic island
Location, Location, Location - 300
What is a mantle plume?
300
All About Magma - 300
What two ingredients can alter the characteristics of magma?
All About Magma - 300
The amount of silica and the amount of dissolved gas
300
Types of Volcanoes - 300
a tall, explosive, cone-shaped volcano formed by layers of silica-rich lava and ash.
Types of Volcanoes - 300
What is a composite volcano?
400
Parts of a volcano - 400
A passage through which magma flows in a volcano
Parts of a volcano - 400
What is a conduit?
400
Life of a Volcano - 400
A volcano that is no longer able to erupt. It is "dead."
Life of a Volcano - 400
What is an extinct volcano?
400
Location, Location, Location - 400
An example of a volcanic island chain in the United states
Location, Location, Location - 400
What is Hawaii?
400
All About Magma - 400
Small amounts of this compound make lava runny.
Large amounts of this same material make lava thick and sticky.
All About Magma - 400
What is silica?
400
Types of Volcanoes - 400
The three types of explosive eruptions
Types of Volcanoes - 400
What are pryoclastic flow, lahars, and lava bombs
500
Parts of a Volcano - 500
The bowl-shaped vent of a volcano after it has erupted
Parts of a Volcano - 500
What is a caldera?
500
Life of a Volcano - 500
What forms in the air after some volcanic eruptions
Life of a Volcano - 500
What is an ash cloud?
500
Location, Location, Location - 500
A type of plate boundary where mud and water sink into the mantle and are released, combining with the magma underground
Location, Location, Location - 500
What is a convergent (or subducting) plate boundary?
500
All About Magma - 500
Small amounts of __________ make magma flat (a quiet eruption), while large amounts of this same ingredient make lava bubbly (explosive eruption).
All About Magma - 500
What is dissolved gas?
500
Types of Volcanoes - 500
Dark, shiny "volcano glass" formed from a volcano with high levels of silica and low levels of dissolved gas